On Monday Tiffany got Kylie’s ballet picture and told me that it was super cute, but I had to wait until yesterday to see it when she brought it to Kylie’s doctor’s appointment; and it is totally cute! Kylie was so proud of it that she even showed her doctor yesterday! You can see a small version of it below, and if you click on it you can see a larger version in the gallery.
Got a phone call from Tiffany last night saying she wanted to take Kylie to the doctor today because she thinks she has pink eye; so that’s what we did today. Kylie’s eyes have been slightly red and watery for a day or two now, but we thought it was allergies (and it may still be, more on that in a minute), especially since both Mommy and Mimi have spring allergies and Kylie was just outside the other day for soccer. The allergy medicine had been helping Kylie sleep and seemed to be taming the discharge from her eyes and curbing her morning coughing, so we went with it. However, last night, Mommy noticed that the discharge from Kylie’s right eye had gone from clear to murky greenish color and her eye was redder than normal; hence the decision to go to the doctor today. When Kylie woke this morning her eye was pretty much crusted shut from the odd greenish discharge. This is usually a key sign that something is wrong with Kylie, ever since she was a baby her eyes have always been the key to determining when she was sick or not feeling well. As an infant she she had badly blocked tear ducts, and so now when her eyes get that odd green discharge we know something is typically wrong; it could be a head cold, an ear infection, even allergies, but it’s likely something. So the doctor checked her out today and at the time of her checkup she weighed 49.5 pounds and had no fever, her eyes, of course, were clear; although you could tell that the right one had previously been discharging. This is when the doctor told us that they typically treat conjunctivitis a little more aggressively than any other type of infection, and by that he means that when it comes to the eye and situations like this they will almost always prescribe some form of eye drop medication without a positive test for the infection. The reason being is that the only way to test is to swab the eye and send it off to the lab to see if any cultures grow, the process takes 3 days; so as opposed to waiting they choose to treat. So it is entirely possible that Kylie, in fact, does not have pink eye; but tonight she took her first drops with out issue. Actually she seems to enjoy it and thinks that it is funny when I drop them in.
Today was the first day of soccer, and it was a blast! I got there right as Tiffany was getting ready to take a picture of Kylie in her new uniform (a reversible blue/white jersey with the Goal logo for designating teams) and was able to join the picture, which was a big surprise for Kylie because she hadn’t realized I was there yet. 
After a few minutes i then went over to see Chris, Tracey, Delaney and Madelyn because they were on a different field. At first the girls didn’t realize who I was, which is sad but considering I don’t see them any where near as often as I would like to also understandable. When the coaches called the teams together I went back over to watch Kylie and see how she did. For the first half hour the team practiced various drills, like dribbling and shooting into the goal and passing; for the last half hour they played their very first soccer match against another team. They would have half the team on the field at a time and rotate out so all the children would have time on the field. While Kylie was playing she had a blast and did fantastic! She went after the ball and stayed with it, she even got a trip in! 🙂 During one of her off times Uncle Chris, Aunt Tracey, Delaney and Madelyn came over; apparently Delaney was a little put off for the moment because soccer wasn’t what she thought it was going to be. In fact at one point she said “I know I would like soccer if I wasn’t so shy.” But after watching how much fun Kylie was having she decided to she wanted to go back and see how her team was doing, and what do ya know? she decided she wanted to play after all. Everyone ended up having a lot of fun and I am really looking forward to next week.
Today was supposed to be Kylie’s first day of soccer, but due to the massive amounts of rain we have been getting lately it was canceled. The school we are supposed to be playing at has there soccer field located out back, however it is in a low lying portion of the property. This means that there is the potential for soccer to be canceled even if it hasn’t rained since Thursday depending on how much rain we get. While it was disappointing that today’s soccer was canceled (we knew last night at around 9pm) it turned out to be a good thing for Kylie because of ballet. In addition to today being Kylie’s first day of soccer it was also the morning that her ballet class was having there pictures taken for rehearsal. All the kids across all the different classes at her dance academy all went to a professional photography studio and had, at the very least, a picture taken with their entire class (if everyone showed up of course) and if desired they also had individual portraits taken, while wearing their recital costume. Each class was given a schedule time slot and even though Kylie’s class was scheduled for 9am to 10am (soccer starts at 10am and goes to 11am) she did not get finished with pictures until almost 10:40am, and she was only there for the group picture. So as it turns out she would have missed the first day of soccer anyway even if it weren’t canceled. Hopefully the weather will be nicer for next weekend and then we can have our real first day of soccer.
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Kylie recently signed up to play soccer for a few weeks over the summer in a beginners soccer class and today Mommy picked up her new soccer gear (which you can see below, clicking will bring you to the gallery). Kylie will be playing in the 3 to 4 year old group and as an added bonus Cousin Delaney will also be in the same league. 
We don’t know if they will be on the same team but it will be cool that they are there none the less, and Daddy is looking forward to seeing his niece play just as much as he is looking forward to seeing Kylie play. I actually got a sneak peek of this because Mommy took a small video of Kylie “soccering” in the park across from their house, you can see it too here or find it on the videos page.
The soccer camp is being run by Goal Sports and they will be playing in Trenton on Saturday mornings from May through June. So it is a short session but hopefully will be enough for Kylie and Delaney to have fun, make friends, and decide if soccer is something they wish to pursue further. Additionally Goal Sports also has sessions for other activities as well, such as cheer leading and floor hockey, so maybe the girls will get to try other sports as well in the future.
Personally I hope Kylie does take a liking to sports and being active, she already enjoys her ballet and dance in general, so if we can add a sport to her list and maybe a musical instrument then I think that would be fantastic. She already has a guitar and seems to enjoy it, perhaps we should look in to when she can start taking lessons for that, maybe Daddy could even join in?
Ahh, the first real ride of the season. The weather was beautiful today for a change, so after work I came home and fixed the mirror on the motorcycle (repositioned it and tightened it back down) and then took it out for a kick spin to make sure I had it in the right position and that it wasn’t going to vibrate loose. Then I came back to the apartment and Melissa and I got ready and went for a quick ride, only about 30 minutes long. On the way back we stopped off at a local Starbucks and got an Iced Chai Tea Latte (which we seem to be addicted to lately) and then made it home just before the rain came. Here is what our route looked like:
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We laid your body to rest,
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Kylie’s ballet recital is fast approaching and tonight I got to go see another preview of her class’ routine. It is really impressive to see how far these girls have come since they all began class. Watching a child grow and learn is truly one of the greatest things you can witness and be a part of. Speaking of witnessing it, you can view the new video below, or you can click here to view it over on the video page. The video below can take a few seconds to load, so please be patient.